Thread: Featherweight .... how often do you oil yours???
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Old 07-13-2012, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlee View Post
If you wait to oil until the sound of the machine changes, you're putting extra wear and tear on the machine.

Rule of thumb is to oil after 8 hours of sewing, or every six months if you're not using it often. You also want to oil and then sew, instead of oiling and putting the machine away without running it. (To spread the oil around)
Charlee, you would think that would be common sense about oiling and then sewing, but Nooooooooooo. I only just started doing that.
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